republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-1490.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of February 14, 1986 (P.L.2, No.2), known as the Acupuncture Licensure Act, further providing for definitions, for regulation of the practice of acupuncture, for penalties and for approval of acupuncture educational programs.	An Act amending the act of February 14, 1986 (P.L.2, No.2), known as the Acupuncture Licensure Act, further providing for definitions, for regulation of the practice of acupuncture, for penalties and for approval of acupuncture educational programs.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	HB 1490	Pennsylvania HB 1490 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Pat Gallagher	6	24	12	2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00	2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/18e1d570-1230-45ab-93a2-556e68401d15	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=936&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	4a4dbd059c9f2f2df0deb893f0d0204c941016d8a8caa25e2ec76b1adb2a3426	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1490 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of February 14, 1986 (P.L.2, No.2), known as the Acupuncture Licensure Act, further providing for definitions, for regulation of the practice of acupuncture, for penalties and for approval of acupuncture educational programs.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. House Amendment A02282 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN1696 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN2083 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN2162 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. PN3312 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendment A04909 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Amended — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• A2387 — 101–102 (fail) · lower
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Amended — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — 33–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 119–84 (pass) · lower
• A2510 — 110–93 (pass) · lower
• CONCURRENCE — 119–83 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pat Gallagher — primary (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
• Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Mullins — cosponsor (person)
• Malcolm Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
• Manuel Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 38 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18e1d570-1230-45ab-93a2-556e68401d15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).